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The government of Bangladesh founded the Department of Women Affairs on 18 February 1972. [3] The department is under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. [4] The center founded a national helpline to prevent violence against women. [5] National Trauma Counselling Centre is located at the headquarters of the building. [6]
Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of the very poor. Most women's lives remained centred on their traditional roles, and they had limited access to markets, productive services, education, health care, and local government.
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"Drik Picture Library Ltd", photography-now.com. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 10 February 2012. Indira Ravindran and Laila Duggan, " Case study 1: Drik: Out of focus "; in Jane Foster and Kumi Naidoo, eds, Young people at the centre: Participation and social change (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2001; ISBN 0-85092-681-5 ).
Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of the very poor. Most women's lives remained centered on their traditional roles, and they had limited access to markets, productive services, education, health care, and local government.
Nurjahan Begum, pioneer female journalist and editor of Begum, the first women's magazine in Bangladesh. [13] Nurun Nahar Faizannesa was a leader of the feminist movement in Bangladesh-[14] Mahmuda Khatun Siddiqua, Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and a pioneering women's liberation activist. Sultana Kamal is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights ...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after switching from presidency to premiership following the independence of Bangladesh and founding of a parliamentary government, [6] used to have his office at what was known as the "President's House" (later more commonly "Sugandha Bhaban" and officially "State Guest House Sugandha"), [7] which he referred to as the "Ganabhaban", meaning "People's House", and now ...
In Bangladesh, women has played important roles in the country's armed forces. Women have been members of the Bangladesh Army since the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. On May 30, 2016, the Bangladesh Navy had women sailors for the first time in its history. They are also recruited as airmen in airforce.